A resounding 64 percent of voters said the mayor should leave horse-drawn carriages alone, with 24 percent supporting the mayor’s opposition to them, the Quinnipiac poll showed.

The issue has drawn the high-profile interest of actor Liam Neeson, a horse-drawn-carriage supporter.

"On an issue that has generated an immense amount of interest – with celebrities speaking loudly on both sides – voters reject almost 3-1 Mayor de Blasio's opposition to horse-drawn carriages," said Quinnipiac University Poll Assistant Director Maurice Carroll.

Voters also brushed aside the mayor’s plan to pay for pre-K, instead supporting, 54percent to 35 percent, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s plan to pay with existing state funds.

"Just about everybody favors Mayor Bill de Blasio's call for universal pre-kindergarten instruction, but most New Yorkers prefer Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plan to do it without a new tax," Carroll noted.

The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.8 percentage points.